MISAMIS Oriental Governor Yevgeny "Bambi" Emano on Friday said the mayors and governors in the Visayas and Mindanao were informed by President Rodrigo Duterte regarding the administration's plan to pour more projects in the region.

CAGAYAN de Oro City Councilor Nadya Emano-Elipe on Thursday, February 15, said she is likely to challenge incumbent Mayor Oscar Moreno should the Padayon Pilipino Party decide to field her for the mayoral post in the 2019 elections.

MISAMIS Oriental and Cagayan de Oro City were spared by "Basyang," as the tropical cyclone veered to the Visayas and away from Northern Mindanao after making landfall in Surigao del Sur Tuesday morning, February 13.